Difference between revisions of "Triteleia hyacinthina"

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* Scientific Name: ''Tritelia hyacinthina'' (Lindl.) Greene
 
* Scientific Name: ''Tritelia hyacinthina'' (Lindl.) Greene
 
* Family: Asparagaceae.  
 
* Family: Asparagaceae.  
* Common Names: fools' onion, hyacinth brodiaea, hyacinth triplet-Lily, white Brodiaea
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* Common Names: fools' onion, hyacinth brodiaea, hyacinth triplet-lily, white brodiaea
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* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Brodiaea hyacinthina''
 
* Codon: TRIHYA
 
* Codon: TRIHYA
* Synonyms/Misapplications: Brodiaea hyacinthina
 
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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but keeled beneath, 3-10 mm broad and up to 4 dm long, not withered by
 
but keeled beneath, 3-10 mm broad and up to 4 dm long, not withered by
 
flowering. Fruit is a three-celled capsule, with a stype nearly as long. <ref name=":0">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D.,
 
flowering. Fruit is a three-celled capsule, with a stype nearly as long. <ref name=":0">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D.,
& Legler, B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an
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& Legler, B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an''
illustrated manual''. Seattle: University of Washington Press</ref><ref name=":1">WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum,
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illustrated manual''. Seattle: University of Washington Press''</ref><ref name=":1">WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum,
 
& University of Washington. (n.d.). Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Triteleia%20hyacinthina</nowiki></ref>
 
& University of Washington. (n.d.). Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Triteleia%20hyacinthina</nowiki></ref>
  

Revision as of 14:11, 2 June 2020

Photo: Ben Legler 2004
  • Scientific Name: Tritelia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene
  • Family: Asparagaceae.
  • Common Names: fools' onion, hyacinth brodiaea, hyacinth triplet-lily, white brodiaea
  • Synonyms/Misapplications: Brodiaea hyacinthina
  • Codon: TRIHYA

Taxonomy

Triteleia hyacinthina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Lilianae
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Triteleia Lindl.
Species: Triteleia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene

Description

Scapose herbs growing from fibrous corms. 6 tepals alike. Flowers few to many in an open, bracteate umbel, perianth 6-16mm, connate up to half the length. white or tinged with blue, the tube shallowly bowl-shaped, lobes with a narrow green midvein. Stamens 6, anthers pale yellow, rarely blue, filaments triangular, confluent at their bases. Leaves 1-2, flat but keeled beneath, 3-10 mm broad and up to 4 dm long, not withered by flowering. Fruit is a three-celled capsule, with a stype nearly as long. [1][2]

Bloom Period

May-August[2]

Distribution

Southwest BC to coastal California, from coast inland to Idaho and eastern Oregon.[1]

Habitat

Sagebrush deserts and grassy, open, and often rocky areas from low to mid-elevations in the mountains.[2]

Uses

Food and Medicine: Ethnobotanical records of Pomo peoples and other nations eating the corms baked or boiled.[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Triteleia%20hyacinthina
  3. Native American Ethnobotany Database. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=triteleia